BJP readies Team 2014 banking on Modi, Amit Shah and Varun

NEW DELHI: Reflecting his new-found clout, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was inducted into BJP's parliamentary board on Sunday, apparently setting the stage for a bigger national role for him.Announcing Modi's inclusion in the party's highest...

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BJP chief announces new team for 2014

NEW DELHI: When BJP chief Rajnath Singh finally announced his new team of office bearers on Sunday after two months of mulling over it and losing crucial time in an election year, an irony in the process could not be overlooked. Gujarat chief minister...

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PM must be with secular credentials: JD(U) on Modi

PATNA/NEW DELHI: As a section within BJP saw Narendra Modi's induction in the parliamentary board as a step towards his becoming prime ministerial candidate, key ally JD(U) on Sunday said only one with secular credentials should occupy the top slot.Asked...

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Boxer Vijender spoke to alleged drug dealer '80 times', police say

CHANDIGARH: Olympic medallist Vijender Singh had spoken to alleged narcotics dealer Anoop Singh Kahlon on phone about 80 times and they knew each other well, according to his call records scanned by Punjab Police which appeared to have tightened its...

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Centre should respect Tamil Nadu's resolution on Sri Lanka: CPI

THANJAVUR: The CPI on Sunday said the Centre should respect the resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly asking it to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly nation and to slap sanctions on it while demanding a referendum for a separate Tamil Eelam"The...

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Beni Prasad Verma says Mulayam has cheated minorities; Akhilesh slams Congress

LUCKNOW/ALLAHABAD: Showing no signs of relenting in his tirade against ruling Samajwad Party in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Saturday alleged the party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has "cheated minorities" and had a tacit understanding...

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Gandhi still holds relevance

MUMBAI: There was an overwhelming response to Exhibition-cum-Sale of Gandhi Books. About 16,508 Gandhi-Vinoba-Sarvodaya books (in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati) worth Rs 5,15,247 were sold within six days. 'An Autobiography' of Mahatma Gandhi, and...

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Chinese interest in Gandhian teachings growing

MUMBAI: The Chinese are evincing interest in Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent movement as his teachings form an integral part of curriculum from pre-school to university, says a Chinese scholar. Quanyu Shang, who has translated former Indian diplomat...

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Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat sent to jail for 14 days

NEW DELHI: Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, booked for waging war against the country by Delhi Police which claimed he was planning to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, was today remanded in 14 days judicial custody...

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Indians vote like cattle: Markandey Katju

NEW DELHI: India is not a full-fledged democracy as 90 percent of its people vote like sheep and cattle, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said here Saturday.Speaking to TV channel Headlines Today, Katju said: "Ninety per cent Indians...

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Trinamool demands immediate resignation of UPA government

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress today demanded immediate resignation of the UPA government, following DMK's withdrawal of support. "Manmohan Singh-government has turned into a minority. They can remain in power by utilising the number game in Parliament....

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Organizers of US group that met Modi sought $16,000 a seat

CHICAGO: Organizers of the US delegation to India that met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had canvassed for participants in the trip at prices ranging from $3,000 to $16,000, said a media report here.The business delegation includes four US members...

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Holy wells in Rameswaram to be spruced up

RAMESWARAM (TN): All the 22 holy wells in the famous Lord Ramanathaswamy temple here would be spruced up to enable devotees take their dips without any trouble, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Trust Commissioner Dhanabal today said.Besides,...

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BJP dismisses Mulayam's Third Front idea

NEW DELHI: BJP today dismissed Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's remarks about forming a Third Front saying the idea does not have any relevance in the present Indian polity. Speaking to reporters here, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad...

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Sonia seeks Krishna's help on Karnataka poll candidates

NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Amid reports of sharp differences among Karnataka Congress leaders over candidates for the May 5 assembly polls, former state chief minister S M Krishna arrived in New Delhi on Friday to assist Congress president Sonia Gandhi to...

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Cong, BJP use muscle power, bribe voters to win elections

NEW DELHI: As his indefinite fast against "inflated" power bills entered the sixth day today, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal alleged both Congress and BJP were winning elections through bribing voters and using muscle power.Kejriwal said several people were...

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Adarsh Housing Society Chairman Brig M M Wanchoo resigns

MUMBAI: In a fresh development, the Chairman of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society and an accused in the multi-crore Housing scam, Brigadier (retd) M M Wanchoo, has resigned from the post due to old age and poor health."I hereby tender my resignation...

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Pulling out of UPA has not changed anything for Tamils: Karunanidhi

CHENNAI: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils' though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition."DMK has now...

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Mulayam's idea of third front a 'mirage': Tewari

NEW DELHI: Dismissing Mulayam Singh Yadav's idea of a third front as the "most enduring mirage", Union minister Manish Tewari today said the politics in the country is polarised between secular and communal forces and the SP chief should decide which...

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Aircel to push data in J&K

BANGALORE: Nimbuzz, a cross-platform global communications solution, has entered into a partnerhip with Aircel, for making communications affordable on data in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Aircel has launched a plan to promote the app ecosystem, with...

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One Indian among two killed by French troops in Africa

DURBAN: An Indian and a Nepali man were the two people killed by French troops when they opened fire on vehicles approaching the airport in the capital of the Central African Republic, Indian authorities confirmed on Wednesday.Earlier it was reported...

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Naval war room leak accused Shankaran loses extradition appeal

LONDON: Naval War Room leak case accused Ravi Shankaran on Wednesday lost his appeal against being extradited to India to stand trial.District Judge Nicholad Evans at Westminster Magistrates Court in London said in his ruling on Wednesday that he had...

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Arjuna Ranatunga wants Sri Lankan players to pull out of IPL

NEW DELHI: Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday slammed IPL governing council's decision to withdraw Sri Lankan cricketers from Chennai matches of the tournament and asked the players to opt out of the entire high-profile event beginning...

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Court orders release of Lankan fishermen

TUTICORIN: A special court in Ramanathapuram on Wednesday ordered the release of five Sri Lankan fishermen who were arrested off Tuticorin coast by the Indian Coast Guard on March 17.A consultative committee meeting of the Tuticorin District collector,...

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EC transfers 12 deputy commissioners in poll-bound Karnataka

BANGALORE: With hours after replacing 12 deputy commissioners (DC), the chief electoral officer (CEO) Anil Kumar Jha has directed chief secretary SV Ranganath to stop identifying new beneficiaries under social security schemes."Besides, the Election...

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Mulayam has lost all credibility: BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday made light of the praise heaped on its senior leader L K Advani by Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying the Samajwadi Party chief has "lost all credibility" and keeps changing his views on support to UPA government.Asked about Yadav's...

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Amar Singh, Jaya Prada meet Maharashtra governor to seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt

MUMBAI: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Lok Sabha MP from Rampur Jaya Prada on Tuesday met Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan, to seek pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt.Dutt, who has already undergone imprisonment of 18 months, was on...

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Sukumari, veteran Malayalam actress, dies

CHENNAI: Veteran Malayalam actress Sukumari died following cardiac arrest here on Tuesday in a private hospital. She was 74."She was undergoing treatment for burn injuries in our hospital for the last few days. She died following cardiac arrest," a source...

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Italy foreign minister Giulio Terzi resigns over return of marines to India

ROME: Italian foreign minister Giulio Terzi said on Tuesday he was resigning from his post in protest over the return of two Italian marines to India to face murder charges."I resign in contention with the decision to send the marines back to India....

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Police modernization scheme extended by five years: Sushilkumar Shinde

NEW DELHI: The central government has extended the scheme for modernisation of state police forces by five years, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Tuesday.He also said steps were being taken to put in place a robust cyber security structure.Speaking...

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Crowds keep away from Arvind Kejriwal's fast

NEW DELHI: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite fast urging people not to pay "inflated" power and water bills entered the third day but crowds kept away even as he defended the low turnout saying the real work is to reach out to people and not large...

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Congress, BJP dismiss Mulayam's talk of third front

NEW DELHI: Congress and BJP on Monday dismissed SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's talk of a third front for a national alternative as a "non-starter" and nothing new and an "enduring mirage" of Indian politics.Yadav while asking like-minded parties ahead...

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DMK praises Cong-led UPA for developmental projects

CHENNAI: Close on the heels of snapping its nine-year association with Congress-led UPA on Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK today commended the Centre for introducing developmental projects.A meeting of the DMK Executive chaired by party chief M Karunanidhi...

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Amar Singh, Jaya Prada to meet Maharashtra governor to seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt

MUMBAI: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Lok Sabha MP from Rampur Jaya Prada have sought an appointment with Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan on Tuesday, apparently to seek pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt.Dutt, who has already undergone...

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CAG report is not Bible: Andhra CM Kiran Reddy

HYDERABAD: After hitting headlines for his sweeping remarks in the Assembly, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday turned his ire towards CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) and informed the House that its findings were always not true, and...

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Courts should not show sympathy towards rapists: HC

NEW DELHI: Courts should not show "sympathy" towards rapists who have ruined the lives of young girls to satisfy their lust, the Delhi high court has said, cautioning that letting them off can encourage others to commit such offence.Upholding the seven-year...

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Terrorists open fire at police vehicles in J&K, 1 killed

SRINAGAR: A civilian was killed and a policeman critically injured on Sunday when militants opened fire at two police vehicles caught in a traffic jam in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town.Abdul Rashid Dar of Rafiabad in Sopore, who was critically injured...

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Mamata Banerjee's comments on rape encouraging criminals: CPM

KOLKATA: Alleging that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's recent comments on rape were "encouraging" lawbreakers, the CPM on Sunday said her "weird theories" were mere attempts to hide her administration's failure to prevent crimes against...

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Sri Lanka may pull its mission out of Tamil Nadu

COLOMBO: Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said today.The new location could be Trivandrum in neighbouring Kerala, the Sunday Times said.Threats...

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Future belongs to coalition governments: Mulayam Singh Yadav

SANGLI (MAHARASHTRA): Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said the era of one-party rule was over and the future belongs to coalition governments."Coalition government is the need of the country as no single party can come to power at...

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Deoria rape: ASP, SHO shifted over 'insensitivity'

LUCKNOW: The Deoria ASP, who was caught on camera humiliating a 35-year-old Dalit rape victim, was on Saturday transfered by the Uttar Pradesh government.The SHO of Bankata police station, who had allegedly refused to file rape complaint of the woman,...

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Andhra CM Kiran Reddy, Akabaruddin Owaisi engage in war of words

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and MIM leader AkbaruddinOwaisi engaged in a war of words over secular credentials of the Congress, in the Assembly on Saturday. The CM was particularly enraged at Owaisi's remark that he was not questioning...

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Governor lacks power to pardon Sanjay Dutt: Mahesh Jethmalani

NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra governor lacks power to pardon Sanjay Dutt, senior lawyer and BJP leader Mahesh Jethmalani on Saturday said criticizing Press Council of India's (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju for his "unseemly haste" in seeking relief...

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Fishermen's killing: Mistakes made by both sides, Italian deputy foreign minister says

NEW DELHI: Asserting that "mistakes" were made by both sides, Italy on Saturday said India should have realised from the beginning that Kerala judges did not have jurisdiction over the case involving the two Italian marines accused of killing Indian...

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Earth Hour is a good example of coordinated effort to fight climate change: Ban-Ki Moon

MUMBAI: Governments, business and civil society all have a role to play in coming up with answers for a cleaner, greener world, said UN secretary general Ban-Ki Moon as the world observed Earth Hour, a coordinated effort to fight climate change through...

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CBI summons YSR's close aide in Jagan case

HYDERABAD: In a key development in the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned a close aide of his late father and Congress MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao...

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Marines return to Delhi; anger in Italy, India 'happy'

ROME/NEW DELHI: A decision to return two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen to stand trial in India stirred anger in Italy on Friday and calls for foreign minister Giulio Terzi to resign.Mario Monti's caretaker government on Thursday reversed...

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UP senior cop asks rape victim: Who will rape a mother of four?

DEORIA (UP): The insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday came to the fore, as a senior police officer was caught on camera humiliating a 35-year-old Dalit woman, who had approached him for lodging a rape case, saying "who would rape an elderly...

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